The
Alpha 4200C LED Electronic Sign is a state-of-the-art indoor,
full matrix, tricolor LED display. The Alpha 4200C LED sign
displays one or two lines of text, graphics, and animations, and
it can be networked together with other Alpha, AlphaPremiere,
and AlphaVision displays using RS485 or Ethernet connectivity.

Messages
can be entered using a remote control keyboard that is as easy to
understand and use as an ordinary calculator. Automode and Autocolor
programming features eliminate the need to learn complicated programming
procedures. Within seconds, anyone can create attractive visual
messages with attention-getting impact.

Messages
may also be entered using a computer and special messaging software.

Messages
are enhanced by 25 built-in display modes, multiple colors, multiple
text sizes and fonts, user-designed graphics, day, date, time of
day and many other special features.

For
applications that require multiple LED message centers, any number
of Alpha 4200C displays can be connected together to form
an integrated system, along with a computer, displaying important
information instantly where it is needed.

Focus
on the process... When you focus on the process, you're focused
on information, productivity, prevention, employee morale and customer
satisfaction. To ensure continued productivity and preventive safety,
to relay real time communication, to manage quality control, to
boost employee morale  count on the Alpha 4200C.

Applications.

The Alpha
4200C is a versatile indoor LED message center designed for office,
industrial and commercial use. It displays text and graphics in three
colors and three rainbow color combinations. The Alpha 4200C
is one of the brightest and sharpest indoor displays available.

The Alpha
4200C is useful as an information or direction sign in a corridor
or at the top or bottom of an escalator in an office building, manufacturing
facility, health facility, school or business campus, airport or other
transportation terminal, distribution facility, prison, hotel or hospitality
complex, convention center or government office building.

The Alpha
4200C can be used to display employee communications that build
company loyalty, boost morale and encourage teamwork. Display the
company stock price, emphasize safety issues, advertise company-wide
events, promote cafeteria specials, announce birthdays and anniversaries,
and publish production goals and attainment. The Alpha 4200C
will also display real-time information from a production system,
from a wireless broadcast service or from an Internet source.

The Alpha
4200C is a highly visible sales tool for a large showroom or sales
floor.

The
length of the Alpha 4200C makes it popular in call center applications.
In a 2.1-inch font, thirty-three characters per row, or at least six
or seven ACD statistics fields, can be displayed on a row, with titles
for each field on the second row. In a 4.8-inch font, twenty characters
or at least five ACD fields, can be displayed at once.

The Alpha
4200C in a production environment is perfect for preventive safety
messages, quality control maintenance and the continuous real time
employee communication that keeps production up and running.

Alpha 4200C Features

One
to Two Lines  The Alpha 4200C will display text and
graphics on one or two lines.

Multicolor
 Text and graphics may be displayed in colors chosen from a
palette of three colors  red, green and yellow  or in
three rainbow color combinations. Specifying the built-in Autocolor
feature automatically and randomly changes the color of each screen
of text.

20
to 100 Character Display  The Alpha 4200C will display
twenty 4.8-inch characters in one-line format. It will display sixty-six
2.1-inch characters or one hundred 1.5-inch characters in two-line
format.

28K
Memory  The Alpha 4200C will store up to 28,000 bytes
of messages and graphics. An inexpensive memory upgrade option is
available to increase memory capacity to 60,000 bytes.

2
Character Fonts  Text can be displayed in two fonts 
serif (fancy) or sans serif (block).

4
Character Widths  Text can be displayed in four widths 
normal, wide, double-wide, or wide double-wide.

Fixed
or Proportional  Text can be displayed using fixed or proportional
spacing.

40
Character Styles  The choice of two fonts, three character
heights, and three width codes provide twenty unique proportionally-spaced
character styles and twenty unique fixed-width character styles:

4.8"
Sans Serif Normal

4.8"
Sans Serif Wide

4.8"
Sans Serif Double-Wide

4.8"
Sans Serif Wide Double-Wide

4.8"
Serif Normal

4.8"
Serif Wide

4.8"
Serif Double-Wide

4.8"
Serif Wide Double-Wide

2.1"
Sans Serif Normal

2.1"
Sans Serif Wide

2.1"
Sans Serif Double-Wide

2.1"
Sans Serif Wide Double-Wide

2.1"
Serif Normal

2.1"
Serif Wide

2.1"
Serif Double-Wide

2.1"
Serif Wide Double-Wide

1.5"
Sans Serif Normal

1.5"
Sans Serif Wide

1.5"
Sans Serif Double-Wide

1.5"
Sans Serif Wide Double-Wide

Store
81 Messages  The Alpha 4200C will hold up to 81 messages
files at one time. Each message file can be any size. The Alpha
4200C dynamically allocates memory to each message file as needed
up to the total amount of memory available.

Battery
Backup  The Alpha 4200C has battery backup for messages.
Messages are retained in memory for up to a month when the Alpha
4200C is powered off.

Sequence
128 Messages  Up to 128 messages files may be run in a sequence.
Messages files may be listed more than once in the sequence.

Message
Scheduling  Each message can display on its own schedule,
automatically turning on and turning off at specified times on specified
days without human or computer intervention. Each message can be programmed
with the day and time to start running and the day and time to stop
running. Daily recurring messages, such as Lunch Time Specials
and Coffee Break Specials or messages coordinated with public
transportation arrival and departure schedules, can turn on and turn
off at the appropriate times each day. Safety-oriented messages, such
as "Lift With Your Legs, Not With Your Back" or "Don't Forget To Wear
Your Safety Goggles" can be scheduled to display at different times,
instead of at the same time, to achieve maximum effect and variety.

Wireless
Keyboard  The Alpha 4200C comes with a remote control
keyboard. The remote control keyboard emits infrared light that controls
many Alpha 4200C functions. The remote control keyboard can
be used up to 30 feet away from the Alpha 4200C. It can be
used to:

turn
the Alpha 4200C on and off

turn
off and on the programming keys beep feature

program
messages

run
messages

delete
specific messages

insert
display modes, special effects and features, and international
characters into messages

compose
dot graphic files and incorporate them into messages

set
the message file run sequence

set
the start and stop times and dates for each message file

set
the time, day and date

clear
display memory

password
protect the messages

change
the address of the Alpha 4200C

run
the built-in diagnostic tests

Password
Protection and Message Locking  These features are provided
to prevent unauthorized messages or changes to messages in the Alpha
4200C.

International
Character Set  Messages may contain all the upper and lower
case letters (A - Z and a - z), the numbers 0 - 9, and the special
characters:

! @ # $ % & * ( ) _ - + = | \ { } [ ] : ; ??? ??? < > , . ? /
`

The
following international characters and symbols may also be displayed:

These
characters and symbols allow you to compose messages in more than
one language, in English and in Spanish, for example, so you can
display the messages in an alternating language message sequence.

25
Display Modes  The Alpha 4200C has 25 display modes
that control how the characters of each message enter, display and
exit. Using a variety of display modes in a message gives "eye-appeal"
to the message:

Roll
(Up, Down, Left, Right, In, Out)  Characters move onto
the display down from the top (Roll Down), up from the bottom
(Roll Up), from the right end to the left (Roll Left), from the
left end to the right (Roll Right), from the right and left ends
to the center (Roll In), and from the center of the display to
the right and left ends (Roll Out).

Wipe
(Up, Down, Left, Right, In, Out)  Characters are revealed
as each horizontal row or vertical column of pixels is lighted
row by row or column by column  from the top row of the
character down (Wipe Down), from the bottom row of the character
up (Wipe Up), from the left column of the message to the right
(Wipe Right), from the right column of the message to the left
(Wipe Left), from the center column of the message to the right
and left columns (Wipe Out), or from the right and left columns
of the message to the center column (Wipe In).

Scroll
 Characters move up onto the display from the bottom, and
any displayed characters move up and off the display.

Rotate
 Characters travel from right to left across the display
in the familiar stock market ticker display mode.

Hold
 Characters display without effects or motion for a specified
length of time. The length of time the message stays on the screen
is determined by the Speed code.

Flash
 All characters blink on and off simultaneously several
times.

Twinkle
 The pixels of the displayed characters oscillate their
intensity.

Sparkle
 New characters appear as their pixels turn on randomly
and pixels in existing characters randomly turn off.

Snow
 Lighted pixels sprinkle down from the top pixel row, building
new characters from the bottom up, like accumulating snow.

Interlock
 The 2nd, 4th, and 6th horizontal rows of pixels in the
characters move rapidly from the left end to the right, while
the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th horizontal rows of pixels move rapidly
from the right end to the left, forming the message on the display.

Switch
 Every other character, i.e., the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th,
etc., moves onto the display from the top down, as the remaining
characters move onto the display from the bottom up, pausing momentarily
to display the message.

Slide
 Characters slide rapidly across the display, one at a time,
from right to left, building the message from left to right.

Spray
 The pixels of characters move across the display from right
to left in a spray effect, forming the characters from left to
right.

Starburst
 Several star-patterns display randomly, then form new characters,
replacing any previously displayed characters.

6 Speeds
 The Alpha 4200C has six Speed codes that control how
long characters stay on the display in Hold mode, how long characters
stay on the screen in the various Roll and Wipe modes, Interlock mode,
etc. The fastest speed code is used with Hold mode to create user-designed
animation effects.

9 Built-in
Animations  The Alpha 4200C has nine built-in animations
that can be inserted into messages as special effects:

Cherry
Bomb  The fuse on a cherry bomb burns down, and the
bomb explodes with a beep. The beep is an attention-getting Audible
Alert when it is incorporated into a message.

Don't
Drink and Drive  A car collides with a bubbling cocktail
glass, tossing its passenger and displaying the message "Please
Don't Drink and Drive."

No
Smoking  A burning cigarette is extinguished, flipped
with a finger and replaced with the international No Smoking symbol.

Running
Animal  An animal resembling a horse runs across the
display from right to left.

Slot
Machine  A slot machine spins with random outcomes.

Turbo
Car  A car appears and races across the display.

Thank
You  "Thank You" is written in script from left to right.

Welcome
 "Welcome" is written in script from left to right.

Automatic
Message Centering  Messages are automatically centered on
the Alpha 4200C display in all display modes, except when the
Fixed Characters code is used. The Fixed Characters code left-justifies
messages, and uses fixed (equal) character spacing from left to right.
The primary use of the Fixed Characters code on the Alpha 4200C
is to display similar fields of data on consecutive screens in the
same pixel positions.

Display
Graphics  The Alpha 4200C will display user-designed
graphics and logos, up to 16x200 pixels each, with your messages.
You can create and store graphics in the Alpha 4200C using
the remote control keyboard, or you can use a computer and special
software. Using a computer, compose or scan bitmap (.bmp) graphics
and save the bitmap files on disk. Software,
such as AlphaNet, can
be used to
send messages and graphics to the Alpha 4200C.

Display
Custom Animations  The Alpha 4200C will display user-designed
animations  sequences of user-designed bitmap graphic files.
The animations may play alone, or they may be included with a text
message.

Real-Time
Clock  The Alpha 4200C has a built-in, battery backed
up real-time clock. The time and date (day, month, year) can be set
using either the remote control keyboard or using a computer with
software that sends the computer???s time and date to the Alpha 4200C.
The day, date and time are retained in Alpha 4200C memory for
up to a month when the unit is powered off.

12-
or 24-Hour Time Display  The Alpha 4200C can display
the time of day in either 12-hour or 24-hour format.

5 Counters
 The Alpha 4200C will automatically count up or down
in any increment, updating every minute, hour or day. Up to five different
counters may be active in your messages at the same time. Counting
may begin at any value between 0 and 99999999. Messages can display
the number of days, minutes or hours until a special event; the number
of days or hours since a lost-time accident; or a numeric value that
increments or decrements by the same amount every minute, hour or
day.

Target
Messages  Upon reaching specified Counter "target" values,
specific target messages can be displayed automatically. For example,
a message might display "10 DAYS WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT!" and on the
next day automatically display "11 DAYS WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT!" followed
by the target message: "A NEW RECORD... CONGRATULATIONS!"

Computer
Connection  The Alpha 4200C may be attached to a
wide variety of computers, control equipment and communication devices.

Address
Each Display  Each Alpha 4200C can be given a unique
address, so that messages and data may sent by computer or control
devices to different displays on the same cable, wireless channel,
modem phone number or TCP/IP address. 255 addresses are available,
and the Alpha 4200C address may be set or changed easily with
the remote control keyboard or using a computer and special software.
The Alpha 4200C enclosure does not have to be opened.

Message
Verification and Error Checking  Built-in features ensure
that messages are received accurately when a computer or control equipment
sends messages or data to the Alpha 4200C by cable.

Priority
Message  The Alpha 4200C has a 125-byte Priority
message file that can be activated by special programming. When the
Priority message file is activated, all other message files that are
currently running stop being displayed. When the Priority message
is terminated, the other messages resume displaying.

Audible
Alert  A Tone feature may be invoked to beep the Alpha
4200C as needed. Several tone control programming options are
built-in.

Program
with both Computer and Keyboard  The Alpha 4200C
may be programmed by computer and by remote control keyboard
without either the computer or the remote control keyboard disrupting
the messages programmed by the other device. You may define how much
of the storage capacity of the Alpha 4200C is reserved for
programming by the remote control keyboard. You can also allow or
deny remote control keyboard access to message files transmitted to
the Alpha 4200C by computer.

Non-Blinking
String File Updates  The Alpha 4200C supports "String
Files" and real-time updating of String Files without blinking the
messages displayed on the sign. String files are memory areas set
aside in sign memory by special programming. One use of String Files
is to store changing data being updated by an external device or computer.
For example, the Alpha 4200C could be programmed to display
five (or more) ACD statistics fields for each of ten (or more) ACD
queues. As the real time values change for each of the 50 variables
(5 x 10), the updated values can be transmitted into the Alpha
4200C instantly, without causing the Alpha 4200C to blink
and without affecting the information currently being displayed. String
Files can also be used to save sign memory. For example, if the same
data is displayed multiple times within a message, the data can be
stored once in a String File and recalled from its String File location
each time it is needed.

Nested
Commands  For programmers writing control sequences using
native sign communication protocol, multiple commands can be repeated
or "nested" within a transmission frame.

Clear
Memory Easily  When debugging and testing software and messages
features, the remote control keyboard can be used to clear the memory
of the sign quickly and conveniently, without opening the Alpha
4200C enclosure or taking it down from where it is mounted. Clearing
memory removes all messages, graphic files and the password that have
been programmed into the Alpha 4200C.

Supports
Wireless Applications  The Alpha 4200C supports POCSAG
or pager transmission format. It can be programmed for wireless applications.

Wireless
News and Sports Service  The Alpha 4200C can be equipped
with a wireless broadcast receiver that will display the latest news
headlines, financial market summaries, sports information and scores,
in addition to your own messages. The receiver and news service are
extra charge options.

Update
Firmware Easily  When new features or firmware improvements
for the Alpha 4200C are announced by Adaptive Micro Systems,
firmware upgrades may be purchased and easily installed. Alpha
4200C firmware is provided on a chip conveniently mounted in a
chip carrier that literally snaps into a socket inside the Alpha
4200C enclosure. An access panel is provided.

Keyboard
Programming Manual  A programming manual describing how
to use the remote control keyboard is provided with the Alpha 4200C.
It is well-written, well-organized and easy to use. It includes tutorial
exercises and feature reference tables. A Spanish translation of the
manual is available. Both
English and Spanish
manuals may be downloaded at no charge.

Technical
Assistance and Support  Ongoing limited customer assistance
for installation issues and technical support are provided by Alpha-American
Programmable Signs at no additional charge.

Programming
Assistance and Training  Our experienced instructors and
technicians are available by telephone or on site in your location.

110
or 230V  The Alpha 4200C is completely solid-state.
It has a removable power cord, and it plugs into a standard 120V AC
electrical outlet. For a more attractive installation, if possible,
locate your electrical outlet out of sight behind the Alpha 4200C
or above the drop ceiling, if the Alpha 4200C is being mounted
near the ceiling.

Attractive
Enclosure  The Alpha 4200C has an attractive Eurostyle
case design that will compliment any business environment.

Mounting
Hardware  Each Alpha 4200C includes mounting hardware
for wall, ceiling and counter installations. Back-to-back mounting
hardware for ceiling-mounted configurations is available as an extra
charge option.

Two
Year Warranty  The Alpha 4200C has a one-year USA
factory warranty. Alpha-American Programmable Signs extends the warranty
to two years for our customers. After the two-year warranty expires,
the Alpha 4200C will be repaired and returned for a flat rate
that includes return shipping.